The new Congress taking office next January should initiate a regular, two-year cycle for writing comprehensive Homeland Security Department authorization bills, a pair of Heritage Foundation scholars recommend in a new <a href=http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm1240.cfm>report</a> today.
Information security and streamlining federal procurement will still be top priorities for the House Government Reform Committee ? no matter which party controls Congress after next month's elections.
Imagine your agency customer calls and says, "We've received a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy of your contract. We will comply with that request unless you explain to us why we shouldn't."
Congress included a drastically shortened version of the WARN Act emergency public warning legislation in the port security bill approved Sept. 30, according to a prominent emergency warning expert.
Perot recently won a five-year, $16.1 million Health and Human Services Department contract to run the Web sites for the Office of Women's Health and provide staff to answer questions via a toll-free number.
Public capital markets have been receptive to federal IT companies since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Since then, more than $4 billion of equity has been raised for federal companies via initial or follow-on public offerings.
With a burgeoning backlog of patent applications for review, the Patent and Trademark Office recently proposed hiring 1,000 new examiners each year for the next five years.
Internet Protocol version 6 will be worth the pain. Change without warrant is for naught. But in technology, change is not only better, it's inevitable.
